Originally Posted by LocalYokel:
A wing doesn't necessarily make a race car a sprint car, but to make that race car a midget, it requires a torque tube and rear end gear.
Embrace the distinct race car you have. Be proud of what you have. By trying to pass it off as something it isn't, takes away from the unique things it is. 
Local
Thanks to guys like Harold Hunter up in Montpelier that allow chain drive "MIDGETS" to race with the shaft drives "MIDGETS" have made racing "MIDGETS" a lot of fun. And I bet the crowd can't tell one car from another.
Our race car is built with the following components:
Winters aluminum rear axle
FSC Midget chassis
ARS Midget shocks
FSC Midget Hood
Fuel Safe Midget 19 Gallon Tail tank and Bladder
Sanders 13" Midget Wheels
Hoosier Midget tires
Willwood Midget Brakes
Kirkey universal seat (could also be used in a Sprint Car)
Simpson Belts (could be used in a Sprint Car)
Kawasaki 1000cc ZX10R motor (Unique to our race car)
Final Drive by a "530" roller race chain and sprocket system.
We have a Full Midget powered by a motorcycle engine and using chain as a final drive. Nothing on that thing is unique to a "SPRINT CAR".
When our cars were conceived back in the early 80's the guys took an old Midget frame and running gear took the rear end out and made a solid steal rear axle and put a sprocket on it and drove it with a chain from a then modern day Motorcycle engine. Back then they did not have quick change sprockets and it wasn't unusual for a driver to shift gears going down the straits. They were in such a big hurry to get racing, probably most of them were former Micro racers they chose the name of the hottest racing group of the day the "OUTLAW SPRINTS" and put "MINI" in front of it and a class of race car was born.
Had they thought about it a little more I am confident that Midget would have been used in the name.
I like the Term "Sportsman Midget" , Leave any other qualifiers off of the name, set some general guidelines and let the racers have at it. Something like Montpelier has done. The Badger series started out this way but also lost their way with time.
Honest Dad himself
